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May 14, 2026

Thomas Wins McCormick Award

Congratulations to our graduating undergraduate researcher, Thomas Thornton, on receiving the 2026 McCormick Award, the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s highest honor for undergraduate research! Thomas presented his award talk, titled “Structure-Based Modeling of RNA and Biomolecular Condensates,” during the award ceremony.

Apr 10, 2026

Irene Earns First Place at Graduate Student Research Symposium

Irene Silvernail earned first place in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences division at the 2026 Graduate Student Research Symposium, one of 9 first-place awards among 200 participants. Well done! We are very proud of your achievement!

Feb 27, 2026

Thomas Thornton Receives Ph.D. Offer

Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher, Thomas Thornton, on receiving a Ph.D. offer from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University. It has been such a pleasure having you in our lab, and we wish you every success in your future academic journey!

Jan 30, 2026

Irene and Eduardo Presented in 2026 Integrative Symposium of NC State Training Grants

Irene and Eduardo presented their work at the 2026 Integrative Symposium of NC State Training Grants. Great job!

Dec 7, 2025

End-of-Year Group BBQ

We hosted a BBQ party to celebrate the end of the year. Grateful for everyone’s hard work, and looking forward to an exciting 2026!

Nov 23, 2025

Lin Group Attended Carolina Biophysics Symposium

The Lin group attended the 2025 Carolina Biophysics Symposium, where we presented our latest research on predictions of protein-DNA (Lin) and protein-RNA (Cisneros) interactions, as well as simulations of chromatin liquid-liquid phase separation (Silvernail).

Aug 16, 2025

Lin Leads Discussion at NCEMS

Xingcheng led a focused discussion at the 2025 NSF National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) Summit on Synergizing AI and MD Simulation for Enhanced Biomolecular Functional Prediction. It was an inspiring experience learning from many leading scientists!

Jul 20, 2025

New Publication in eLife

Introducing IDEA — a new method for predicting sequence-specific protein-DNA binding affinities — is now published in eLife. Good job, Yafan!

Jul 4, 2025

Irene Awarded NIH CLTP Scholar

Congratulations to Irene Silvernail on being selected as the NIH Chemistry of Life Training Program (CLTP) scholar — well deserved! We’re excited about our future work!

May 3, 2025

Team Spring Get-together

We wrapped up the semester with a fun spring trip. Looking forward to a productive summer!